How Overheating Can Be a Serious Sports Injury
Competing under extreme weather conditions is one of the most difficult things for an athlete to do because the athlete cannot regulate their body temperature. In hot weather the body also generates a lot of heat and all too often the athlete will produce more heat than the atmosphere will allow him or her to dissipate. In addition to this, the atmosphere may also make an athlete’s body temperature to rise.
When someone is suffering from overheating immediate action is required. This is one situation where waiting is not advised. Overheating can lead to heat exhaustion or heat stroke, which can prove fatal. The important thing to remember is that the body’s core temperature must be brought down as soon as possible. Get the person into the shade, or put them into a pool or tub of cold water if one is available and call an ambulance. You must do everything you can to drop their body temperature as quickly as possible.
The right way to handle the just mentioned condition is, obviously, to stay away from them entirely. If you simply have to be physucally active on a really hot day, maker certain that you are very well hydrated prior to you starting out. That means drinking plenty the day before your activity. If you are a runner, plan your daily exercise to be done early in the morning or late in the evening when you won’t be exposed to the punishing heat of the direct sunlight. You should use clothing that permits your sweat to evaporate without restriction.
This is your body’s own personal cooling mechanism, and if you don’t allow it to breath then it won’t work. A well liked practice within the athletic community who are attempting to create a specific weight prefer to do their workouts in clothing that is made of plastic or even trash bags since they think they feel like this results in them creating additional sweat as well as losing additinal weight in a quicker way. This is not a totally bad idea. You sweat just as much working out in regular clothes, you just don’t notice it because it is evaporating and doing its job of keeping you cool. If you prevent this process by wearing clothing that keep the moisture in, then you aren’t allowing the sweat to evaporate, but are instead holding it in, along with the heat that your body is producing. What you are basically doing is steaming your body kind of like a vegetable. This is a dangerous habit.
If you sense that you are getting too hot, listen to your body. It is telling you what it needs. Stop, drink, and cool down. If you take care of yourself in the midst of activity, then you should be able to monitor and maintain your body’s temperature and be able to resume your activity. If you let it go unchecked thinking you are invincible, then you are probably going to get yourself into trouble.
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